Vivienne L. Williams

University of the Witwatersrand — South Africa

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies(23), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(17), African Botany and Ecology Studies(17), Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies(7), Animal and Plant Science Education(6)

Publications73 total

Increasing Targeted Poaching of Lions for Trade Has the Potential to Pose an Existential Threat to the Species in Africa
Conservation Letters·2026Open Access
Understanding cultural use and spirituality
2025
Pan-African review of cultural uses of carnivores
PLoS ONE·2025· 8 citedOpen Access
Gallium Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus: Polymorphisms and Morphology Impacting Growth in Metals, Antibiotics and Polyfluorinated Compounds
Applied Microbiology·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Clinical Isolate of <i>Candida tropicalis</i> from a Patient in North Carolina: Identification, Whole-Genome Sequence Analysis, and Anticandidal Activity of <i>Ganoderma lucidum</i>
Open Journal of Medical Microbiology·2025Open Access
In Vitro Antimicrobial Efficacy Assessment of Ethanolic, Aqueous, and Dual Solvent Extracts of Mushroom Ganoderma lucidum: Genomic and Morphological Analysis
Antibiotics·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Ethnopharmacology, ethnomedicine, and wildlife conservation
Journal of Ethnopharmacology·2024· 11 citedOpen Access
Reflecting on the role of human‐felid conflict and local use in big cat trade
Conservation Science and Practice·2024· 10 citedOpen Access
Genetic diversity and origin of captive lion (Panthera leo) in South Africa: an assessment and comparison to wild populations
Conservation Genetics·2023· 5 citedOpen Access
Appendix
Manchester University Press eBooks·2022
Contemporary Cultural Trade of Lion Body Parts
Animals·2022· 12 citedOpen Access
Guidelines for evaluating the conservation value of African lion (Panthera leo) translocations
Frontiers in Conservation Science·2022· 18 citedOpen Access
Medicinal plants sold by West, Central and East African immigrants in Johannesburg, South Africa
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa·2022· 4 cited
Genetic guidelines for translocations: Maintaining intraspecific diversity in the lion (<i>Panthera leo</i>)
Evolutionary Applications·2021· 50 citedOpen Access
Medicinal plant cultivation: Beliefs and perceptions of traditional healers and muthi traders in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, South Africa
South African Journal of Botany·2021· 9 citedOpen Access
Dataset, including a photo-guide, of alien plants sold in traditional medicine markets and healthcare outlets in three South African cities, specifically by traders of Indian, West African, East African, and Chinese origin
Data in Brief·2021· 4 citedOpen Access
A chronicle of alien medicinal plants used as traditional medicine in South Africa, and their status as invasive species
South African Journal of Botany·2021· 9 citedOpen Access
DART mass spectrometry as a potential tool for the differentiation of captive-bred and wild lion bones
Biodiversity and Conservation·2021· 14 citedOpen Access
Monitoring compliance of CITES lion bone exports from South Africa
PLoS ONE·2021· 18 citedOpen Access
Misinterpretation of why black students do not pursue studies in the biological sciences
South African Journal of Science·2020· 4 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

E.T.F. Witkowski(14), Peter Coals(10), K. Balkwill(9), Andrew J. Loveridge(7), David W. Macdonald(6), Vincent N. Naude(5), Stephen Cousins(4), E.M. Wojtasik(4), Martin J. Whiting(3), D. J. Newton(3), C. A. C. Kadu(3), Silvio Schueler(3), Heino Konrad(3), Geoffrey M. Muluvi(3), O. Eyog-Matig(3), Lolona Ramamonjisoa(3), Consolatha Kapinga(3), Bernard Foahom(3), C. A. T. Katsvanga(3), David Hafashimana(3)